THE CHINESE QUESTION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2156, 12 August 1907, Page 1

THE CHINESE QUESTION.

THE AVHITE NEAV ZEALAND MOAM3MENT.

Air. A\ T . A. Llo-yd, who is actively engaged in the “AV-liite New Zealand” movement, recently returned to Christchurch after visiting the centres of population in Oitago. He states that the number of (Chinese in the southern goldfields districts has decreased, but there is an increase in the numbers of Chinese engaged

in trade .in the centres of population. He explains the decrease ill the total number of Chinese in the 1 colony by the deaths and tlie fact that there is no natural increase in the way of births. In the Sonth Air, Lloyd endeavored to impress upon Europeans the advisableness of dealing with white races in preference to Chinese. He states that there is no intention of adopting measures against Chinese who are in the colony, hu.t he urges all Europeans to confine their custom to Europeans. He sees absolutely no unfairness in that proposal.

In Dunedin he was instrumental in forming a White New Zealand League, which will deal solely with Asiatic questions. He was strongly urged to form an anti-Oliinese League, but lie feels that the movement he is fostering is anti-Chinese only in the same sense as preference within the Empire is anti-French and anti-Ger-man. There is only one plank in tlio White! New Zealand League. It is: “The use of . every legitimate means' to advance the cause of a ‘White .Not Zealand.’ ”, There will be four large centres of the new League, one each for the Otago, Canterbury, AVellington, and , Auckland

provinces, with a committee in each centre. The 1 vice-presidents in those ’centres,"’together' with Air. Lloyd as president, will form a general council for the colony. The Dunedin committee lias appointed a secretary, -fid about 500 members have 'joined it during the past week. A congress will he held in Wellington, and to it all the centres will send representatives. 1 Tlio date-of this congress has not been"fixed, as (Mr. Lloyd' is wait-

ing to(( ascertain froni ‘the Premier ’when", legislation dealing .with the Asiatic question will probably he introduced; so that the meeting may he held about the same time.